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FRANK iWHALEN," or BALLsToN SPA, NEW YORK,

" Leaersantzvo. 105,748,1zacd .my-26,1870.

BTOvE-LEG.

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l Tcall minimi!fm1/zycciwernc,i` Y i i .t `Be it knownthat LFnANk WHALEL of Ballston Spa, in the county of `Saratoga audState of N ow York,-

have invented and maflea new and usefulA ImprovementingLegs for Stoves,"&c.; andthe `f9llowing is hereby declared ,to bea fil andlcorrect description roi' 'thesame i i t Y i This: invention relates to" combining caster-legs with the main or'supporting-legsofa stove or other art-il cle, in sncha manner that saidjmain legs `can be re moved `from the stove, andilthe stove supported by the l caster-legs, so that the saine can beirolled from place 1o place, and tlie necessity' fof "lifting and `carrying the stoveavoided.` .t i .i V.

The upper part of'l the leg isrnade as a wedge-shaped bottom of the stovefandf the said plate is locked to place by means of'aswinging arm, that is clamped .i againstthe side of `the recess, an'dacts as a stop 4to a preventthe plate and p nectedfrom thestovatI l a l a v` The main legis cnnectedto the caster-leg by means vof tongues or angesentering recessesin the sides and a topofsaidleg.` i i y 'Inthedramng-e f l, L i l, Figure 1 is a vertical section of mycombinedcaster and'stove'fleg.l `g f 1i Figure 2 is au inverted plan of thesame. l

Figure 3 is "an elevatio lof the caster-leg, and'v le g i i. i. The easter-leg a is formedwitha socket atits lower `l said pintle is' retained .in place.- bymeans of the-screw otherwise.

` i shaped plate, h, andtheedgesfot' said plate, at' e, are l beveledto'hold the plate stove. g t t i w Y ,f To prevent nthe plate h being accidentally discon- `nectedfrom the recessfbetweenthelugs jill make use i i plate, to entera correspondingly-shaped"recess' is theleg-'ibeing accidentally discon- 1 .Figure44 a similarview-offthe, main ,orv supporting-h l end, toreceive the pintle `b` of the casterewheel c,` and d taking the circular groovelformed; in said pintle,".or. The upper partoi' "thelegaisifcrrned asjawed'ge-A h inplace, by passing be# tween the undercutlugs or blocks j; which are cast Dated MayA 26, A. D. 1870. l `uponor form partof theunderor-lower plate `of theA I ofthe locking-arm z', attached, yby the center l, to the plate-h. By moving this arm untilone edge takes against the 'sidecftherecess f,'and then clamping .the same by thethurnb-screw m, (as. seen in iig. 2,) said arm will act-as av-sto'p to' e'ectually prevent the plate h slipping, or beingwithdrawn from its recess. 'l Thefmain` orsupporting-leg n is longer than the caster-leg c, so that, when said leg is inV place,the

easter-wheel' c will he lifted olf the ground, as-seen in 1 1, and I connect said main leg n) to the'caster-leg a by means df the tongues or flanges t t and c, the

jtonguesj t passing on the two sides ofthe leg a, where there may be recesses, u, and the plate 'v entering a l l recess in the upper end "of the leg a.

Y The main leg n'being the longest, as .'J'tforesaitl,` thel weight of the stove will be transferred tiom the casterle'ga to saidleg it, when the vparts are in -a normal l position, and, when the legvn is withdrawn, the stove f is supported by the caster-leggand can be rolled about.

By employing the 1ocking-arm to retain-the Vleg to place, danger of said leg falling from the stove is prevented.4 `This locking-device might be employed with an ordinary stove-leg, and the caster-leg andmain -leg 'may' be applied to the ordinary recess vmade between ,thedovetailedY ribs on a sto've. f I claim as my inventioni 1. The locking-armr i and clan1p-screw m, applied' to and combined with the plate h, ofthe leg, to retaiil thesamebetween 'the dovetail 'lugs or recess of the stove, as speciiied. 2. T-he movable 3. Theremovableleg n,provided '.with tongues or plates t c,-in combination with the caster-leg, subst antially as set forth, sothat the caster will be4 relieved when the leg n is inserted, as shown.

' FRANK WHALEN.

Witnesses: Y i

SETE WHALEN, l

YGRAHAMVPULVER, 4

l caster-lega, receiving the casterwheel c and pintleb, and being made with a plate, h, i tj'to pass intotbedovetail recess on a stove, as and for Vthe purposes set foith.-` 

